Eileen Kennedy-Moore

Eileen Kennedy-Moore, PhD, is an internationally published author, psychologist, and speaker. Her newest book, Growing Feelings follows Growing Friendships, both co-authored by Christine McLaughlin (Beyond Words). Beyond Words released the funny, useful, and free ebook Growing Friendships During the Coronavirus Pandemic: A Kids’ Guide to Staying Close to Friends While Being Apart for ages 6-12 which can be downloaded for FREE, here!

Eileen is also the co-author of parenting books Smart Parenting for Smart Kids: Nurturing Your Child’s True Potential (Jossey-Bass/Wiley) and The Unwritten Rules of Friendship: Simple Strategies to Help Your Child Make Friends (Little Brown). Her audio/video course for parents, produced by The Great Courses, is called Raising Emotionally and Socially Healthy Kids. Dr. Kennedy-Moore has a private psychotherapy practice in Princeton, NJ, where she works with adults, children, and families. She and her husband have four children. A sought-after expert on parenting and child development, Dr. Kennedy-Moore has been a featured guest on The TODAY SHOW and many national television and radio shows, and she has been quoted in numerous magazines and newspapers, such as Parents, Real Simple, Family Circle, Woman’s Day, and The Chicago Tribune. She serves on the advisory board for Parents magazine and writes the popular Growing Friendships blog on PsychologyToday.com (www.psychologytoday.com/blog/Growing-Friendships). She frequently speaks at schools and conferences.

Visit her on the web http://www.EileenKennedyMoore.com, or follow her on twitter  @psychauthormom

Christine McLaughlin is a co-author of Growing Friendships and a freelance writer, editor, and author, whose work focuses primarily on parenting and health. She has published several hundred articles in national magazines and websites, including Scholastic Parent & Child, Family Circle, Kiwi Magazine, Children’s View, Suburban Family, PTO Today, WomansDay.com, and Discovery.com. She is also author of The Dog Lover’s Companion to Philadelphia (Perseus), Philadelphia: A Photographic Portrait (Twin Lights Publishing), and coauthor of the American Red Cross: Dog First Aid and Cat First Aid books. She lives in the Philadelphia area with her husband and children. Visit her on the web – www.ChristineMcLaughlin.net.